Unit Outline

The units overlays a formal environmental engineering framework to environmental and sustainability topics and shows how the traditional design process can be extended to include these issues. The aim is for students to develop the necessary knowledge and skills to identify potential environmental risks and opportunities associated with projects, undertake the basic design of environmental engineering solutions, and evaluate their effectiveness. This unit covers principal environmental engineering design areas, including air quality, geo-environmental, solid waste management, water supply, water and wastewater treatment, and resource recovery.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1	Identify environmental risks associated with engineering projects in order to propose mitigation measures.
2	Design elements of geo-environmental, water supply, wastewater treatment, and air pollution control systems with a focus on system suitability, feasibility, and sustainability.
3	Evaluate the effectiveness of Environmental Engineering solutions in the context of design, sustainability, monitoring, control and remediation.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	KNE351 or KNE213 or ENG313 or ENG212
Anti-requisite (mutual excl)	KNE470

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
ASSESSMENT TASK 1:	Environmental Monitoring	Week 4	15 %	LO1
ASSESSMENT TASK 2:	Water Design Project	Week 7	25 %	LO1, LO2
ASSESSMENT TASK 3:	Quiz	Week 10	10 %	LO2, LO3
ASSESSMENT TASK 4:	Geoenvironmental Engineering Research Project	Week 12	15 %	LO2, LO3
ASSESSMENT TASK 5:	Environmental Impact Assessment	Week 13	35 %	LO1, LO3

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Environmental Monitoring

TASK DESCRIPTION:

Students will develop and conduct a monitoring program to measure environmental features (sound level, air quality) in the field. Following data collection, students will prepare a professional report outlining their findings.

TASK LENGTH:

8 A4 Pages

DUE DATE:

Week 4

WEIGHT:

15 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME


1	Analyse the existing environmental context for projects.	LO1

Assessment Task 2: Water Design Project

TASK DESCRIPTION:

Students will be tasked with the design of a water/wastewater infrastructure project. This assessment may include projects on dam/reservoir design or wastewater treatment process design. A project brief will be provided as part of the assessment detailing design and performance criteria. Students will produce a short environmental pre-feasibility study to support the proposed location and design. This assessment will consider both environmental and social considerations.

TASK LENGTH:

8 A4 pages

DUE DATE:

Week 7

WEIGHT:

25 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME


1	Analyse the existing environmental context for projects.	LO1
2	Identify project environment interactions.	LO1
3	Propose environmental engineering solutions to mitigate environmental risks associated with projects.	LO1
4	Identify environmental engineering solutions for a specific problem considering both feasibility and sustainability.	LO2
5	Determine key design parameters.	LO2

Assessment Task 3: Quiz

TASK DESCRIPTION:

Students will sit an in class quiz that will assess their understanding of geoenvironmental engineering topics (soil salinity and pollution, geosynthetics, and geothermal energy).

TASK LENGTH:

2 hours

DUE DATE:

Week 10

WEIGHT:

10 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME


1	Identify environmental engineering solutions for a specific problem considering both feasibility and sustainability.	LO2
2	Identify aspects of Environmental Engineering solutions that impact on performance and sustainability.	LO3

Assessment Task 4: Geoenvironmental Engineering Research Project

TASK DESCRIPTION:

Students will be asked to work together in groups and conduct a small research project in the area of geoenvironmental engineering. The project should concern the application, design or maintenance of geothermal or geosynthetic systems. Once the project is complete, each group will demonstrate the findings through a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint.

TASK LENGTH:

10 - 20 Slides, 20-30 min

DUE DATE:

Week 12

WEIGHT:

15 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME


1	Identify appropriate environmental engineering solutions for a specific problem considering both feasibility and sustainability.	LO2
2	Determine key design parameters.	LO2
3	Identify aspects of Environmental Engineering solutions that impact on performance and sustainability.	LO3
4	Assess the performance of Environmental Engineering solutions with regards to emission control/remediation and sustainability.	LO3

Assessment Task 5: Environmental Impact Assessment

TASK DESCRIPTION:

Students will prepare an environmental impact assessment for a project at a specific site in Tasmania. Students will need to understand the project and apply their knowledge gained during the unit to identify the potential project environment interactions, assess the impacts, and identify mitigation. Each student will get a different project.

TASK LENGTH:

20 A4 pages

DUE DATE:

Week 13

WEIGHT:

35 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME


1	Identify project environment interactions.	LO1
2	Evaluate environmental risks using accepted methodologies.	LO1
3	Propose environmental engineering solutions to mitigate environmental risks associated with projects.	LO1
4	Propose monitoring to assess the effectiveness of Environmental Engineering solutions.	LO3
5	Assess the performance of Environmental Engineering solutions with regards to emission control/remediation and sustainability.	LO3

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late Penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.