ENCI693-21S2 (C) Semester Two 2021

Special Topic

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 July 2021
End Date: Sunday, 14 November 2021
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 1 August 2021
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 1 October 2021

Description

Special Topic

Special Topic:   Environmental Engineering Design Project
(Offered in parallel with a course at the University of Auckland led by Naresh Singhal)

The design project in Environmental Engineering will showcase the student's broad knowledge of the varied aspects of environmental science and engineering through a Preliminary Design and Report for an engineering project. Student teams will undertake a level of preliminary investigation performed before the detailed design. At the end of the course, each team will deliver a professional quality preliminary design report and support this with an oral presentation and interview. Individuals in each group of 4-5 students will undertake complementary but distinct activities to cover site assessment, sampling and laboratory analysis, modelling, impact assessment, cost analysis, iwi interests, and regulatory aspects. Each team will act as a group of consulting engineers undertaking an open-ended preliminary investigation and design with the assistance of technical specialist advisors and a staff member as your nominal client.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion, the student should be able to:
1. Apply environmental engineering concepts to a previously unstudied application.
2. Perform environmental engineering calculations at a level expected in practice.
3. Produce outputs to expected standards of professionalism and client focus.
4. Work effectively within a diverse team.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Timetable Note

The course will be remotely for UC CNRE students.  UC and UA students will work together in teams.

This course will be taught online with Mark Milke holding tutorials in his office.

Course Coordinator

Mark Milke

Lecturers

Dr Cassandra Billiau (Watercare Services Ltd, University of Auckland) , Dr Rob Fullerton (BECA) and Associate Professor Naresh Singhal (University of Auckland)

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Individual Progress Reports 10%
Group Client Presentation 10% Students will have marks adjusted based on peer and examiner review.
Group Written Report 40% Students will have marks adjusted based on peer and examiner review.
Individual Oral Examination - Content 20% Two examiners will be present for each oral examination.
Individual Oral Examination - Professionalism 20% Two examiners will be present for each oral examination.


The project for 2021 would be the design of odour control for a hypothetical pump station in Auckland.  Watercare will be the intended client.  Students would present a design report and presentation that would consider:
• Issues
• Evaluation of options and past performance
• Conceptual design of options
• Assessment of impacts (including odour monitoring)
• Risk assessment
• Safety in design
• Stakeholder engagement plan

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,114.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 5 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .

All ENCI693 Occurrences

  • ENCI693-21S2 (C) Semester Two 2021
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